diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c8695956..85a704d4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,16 +5,16 @@ module k8s.io/sample-controller
 go 1.16
 
 require (
-	k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20211111072837-ea810b2b57d4
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20211111072310-5dad6ce77c75
-	k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20211111074410-11b69c913ff3
-	k8s.io/code-generator v0.0.0-20211111071830-00c773ebfb1d
+	k8s.io/api v0.21.8-rc.0
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.21.8-rc.0
+	k8s.io/client-go v0.21.8-rc.0
+	k8s.io/code-generator v0.21.8-rc.0
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.9.0
 )
 
 replace (
-	k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20211111072837-ea810b2b57d4
-	k8s.io/apimachinery => k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20211111072310-5dad6ce77c75
-	k8s.io/client-go => k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20211111074410-11b69c913ff3
-	k8s.io/code-generator => k8s.io/code-generator v0.0.0-20211111071830-00c773ebfb1d
+	k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.21.8-rc.0
+	k8s.io/apimachinery => k8s.io/apimachinery v0.21.8-rc.0
+	k8s.io/client-go => k8s.io/client-go v0.21.8-rc.0
+	k8s.io/code-generator => k8s.io/code-generator v0.21.8-rc.0
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 691b9d33..8f931556 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -420,14 +420,14 @@ honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190418001031-e561f6794a2a/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWh
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190523083050-ea95bdfd59fc/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWhAfAdb/ePZxsR/4RtNHQocxwk9r4=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2019.2.3/go.mod h1:a3bituU0lyd329TUQxRnasdCoJDkEUEAqEt0JzvZhAg=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.3/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
-k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20211111072837-ea810b2b57d4 h1:ERTIPltaorYzuTd79X7o2YXBYmbF6YkInwH8rm9Lxu4=
-k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20211111072837-ea810b2b57d4/go.mod h1:KrE/HoSzKEgKZSsVRwTW42sQmyVIW9duBVIgmD2WgQo=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20211111072310-5dad6ce77c75 h1:av/OjmcNdMvDWX8AOC/DjPzQ/p3THoyrY+2A6v3xsvM=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20211111072310-5dad6ce77c75/go.mod h1:Ee84YWaZJo/QdW7/nsjTQCSaCJEJ/CyHkdWbdiBZ3Ns=
-k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20211111074410-11b69c913ff3 h1:AKRls3SOlFOEvHcrQ8jITcXv2n0GZuUqOgPJ9fX6dgk=
-k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20211111074410-11b69c913ff3/go.mod h1:UPboc2mZGKQ8WUWOtr3S2zqLqO40G0VtjYqEtNBXcD8=
-k8s.io/code-generator v0.0.0-20211111071830-00c773ebfb1d h1:KfxpQXxsMreNoI2fZHBapjPCccA+Y9DiJpKKL48begs=
-k8s.io/code-generator v0.0.0-20211111071830-00c773ebfb1d/go.mod h1:Cd7GPUOYmj24bmK5zKltojoICEK7OoBbqaZn/QMR39I=
+k8s.io/api v0.21.8-rc.0 h1:i9mLZTB06cImYNs7tQgtOGOuaO8zOGkxVMJMMFT9SNg=
+k8s.io/api v0.21.8-rc.0/go.mod h1:LmcvzOoeC7XNM9xiHv5TNSGfrxDLcpW9usd22R0+bvw=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.21.8-rc.0 h1:Q7LLWFyi413SMguWqdXhmF+Kk/y89cJX/42vUaY2oRY=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.21.8-rc.0/go.mod h1:Ee84YWaZJo/QdW7/nsjTQCSaCJEJ/CyHkdWbdiBZ3Ns=
+k8s.io/client-go v0.21.8-rc.0 h1:mFEBWiNzzALGuNav5MhL7PHX+zUHeb2iQbg/XLzBDAI=
+k8s.io/client-go v0.21.8-rc.0/go.mod h1:KqGLgWyeqUSu0OSonx5fqosscxwEEcYKZsjyIcrW568=
+k8s.io/code-generator v0.21.8-rc.0 h1:5cTL1K6mpxfYzXWDSXAgPDRKjSGztAzLrjQj3GbTHQI=
+k8s.io/code-generator v0.21.8-rc.0/go.mod h1:Cd7GPUOYmj24bmK5zKltojoICEK7OoBbqaZn/QMR39I=
 k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20200413195148-3a45101e95ac/go.mod h1:ezvh/TsK7cY6rbqRK0oQQ8IAqLxYwwyPxAX1Pzy0ii0=
 k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20201214224949-b6c5ce23f027 h1:Uusb3oh8XcdzDF/ndlI4ToKTYVlkCSJP39SRY2mfRAw=
 k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20201214224949-b6c5ce23f027/go.mod h1:FiNAH4ZV3gBg2Kwh89tzAEV2be7d5xI0vBa/VySYy3E=